Arkansas Charter Schools Conference 2024 Award Nominations

The 2024 Arkansas Charter Schools Conference is next month, and we are excited to present awards to charter schools and their leaders, partners, supporters, and advocates. APSRC now accepting nominations for several awards! Please submit your nominations below

Arkansas Charter School Changemaker Awards

Arkansas Charter School Teacher of the Year

Arkansas Charter School Trailblazer Award

The Arkansas Charter School Changemaker Awards will be presented annually to recognize outstanding individuals who are making positive change in their school communities. The nominations should highlight the meaningful impact the candidate is making in their charter schools. Open-enrollment and district-conversion charter staff may be nominated.

Nominate your charter school staff members today and tell us about the impact they're making in their schools! The deadline to submit your nomination is April 24, 2024.

The Arkansas Public School Resource Center is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Arkansas Charter School Teacher of the Year. Each public charter school campus in Arkansas may select one teacher as its Charter School Teacher of the Year and nominate that teacher for this award.

  • Candidates must meet the following minimum criteria:

    • Must be skillful and dedicated teachers in grades kindergarten through 12.

    • Must be engaged directly in instruction in a classroom setting for more than 70 percent of the individual's contracted time.

    • Instructional Facilitators must be engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more than seventy percent (70%) of the individual’s contracted time to qualify.

    • Librarians and Guidance Counselors are eligible to participate.

    • Administrators are not eligible.

    This recognition is not tied to the DESE's Arkansas Teacher of the Year or the National Teacher of the Year programs.

The deadline to submit your nomination is April 24, 2024.

Nominate your charter school today and tell us about the innovation that's occurring in your schools!  The deadline to submit your nomination is April 24, 2024.

The Arkansas Charter School Trailblazer Awards will be presented annually to recognize outstanding schools that are implementing innovative best practices. The schools nominated should be helping "blaze a trail" for charters schools across the State and Nation as they branch out and explore new strategies. Open-enrollment and district-conversion charter schools may be nominated.